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New Delhi :  The UPSC civil service preliminary examination was Sunday held across India, after much protest and changes in the test pattern. A row erupted after aspirants staged violent protests demanding scrapping of the Civil Service…
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Srinagar : A soldier was killed by separatist guerrillas Sunday near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A gunfight also took place between security forces and guerrillas in the Kalaroos…
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Damascus :  Syrian tribesmen killed 18 Islamic State (IS) fighters in the oil-rich province of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria Saturday, media reports said. The  succeeded in freeing their leader Sheikh Khalil Jadan, who was kidnapped by IS…
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Tripoli : Libya's Islamist militants' coalition Libya Dawn announced Saturday that they have taken the Tripoli international airport, a crucial stronghold for the Zintan pro-secular militias, a TV report said. An Al Nabaa TV report showed…
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Shimla :  A 100-year-old bridge has collapsed in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said here Sunday. Following the collapse, the road link between tourist resort Chail and Kandaghat has been snapped. The bailey bridge,…
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Mumbai :  Cricketer Yuvraj Singh Saturday walked the ramp for designer Arjun Khanna at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2014 here. Yuvraj Singh took to the ramp with elan to a wildly applauding audience. The final…
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Baghdad :  At least 22 people were killed and 132 wounded in three bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Saturday, a police source said. Three suicide car bombers targeting headquarters of Kurdish forces blew themselves in…
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Islamabad : At least 400 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) protestors have been booked for staging anti-government rallies in Pakistan, media reported Sunday. The PTI workers had staged a sit-in in Faisalabad city of Punjab province and…
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New Delhi: , was Sunday transferred and appointed as the Mizoram governor for the remainder of his term, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. A press communique said Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli "will discharge the functions of the governor…
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Jammu : The Pakistan Rangers Sunday continued to use long range weapons to target the Border Security Force (BSF) posts and villages in R.S. Pura and Arnia areas near the international border in Jammu district, police said. "Pakistan…
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